100 Plus Women Who Care is a group of inspiring women philanthropists who are contributing to the Mat-Su community

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How it works

We meet for one hour, four times a year, and each member brings a check for $100.

On each of four nights during the year, these 100 Plus Women Who Care give a $100 check to a local non-profit right here in the Mat-Su community; this can total up to $10,000 plus. It’s fast, simple, fun and amazingly effective. We invite you to attend as a guest to see how it works and decide if the group is right for you.

Every member can nominate a local charitable organization that has an IRS 501c3 status by completing the Nomination Form on this site and forwarding it via email: 100pluswwcmatsu@gmail.com at least two (2) days prior to the next meeting.

Three names are drawn at random at each meeting

The nominating member makes a 5-minute presentation and then answer questions about the nominated charity. This entire presentation and question period will take no more than 8 minutes.

This presentation must be made by the member who nominated the charity, this member may or may not be affiliated with the non-profit that they nominated.

All members present at the meeting then vote by secret ballot for the charity they wish to support.

The votes are tallied and the charity that receives the most votes is announced.

Each member present writes a $100 check to the top charity.

For members unable to attend, please give your check to a member to deliver on your behalf, or checks can be mailed to the below address after the meeting: 100 Plus Women Who Care Mat-Su Chapter C/O PEDA P.O. Box 2865 Palmer, AK 99645

The collective donation of checks are given to the happy charity.

The recipient will provide tax receipts for the individual check donations to each member.

The organization that receives the donation agrees to have a representative from their organization at the next meeting to give a 5-minute update on how the money was used to benefit the Mat-Su community. This presentation will take place while votes are being tallied.

The organization that receives the donation will not be eligible for nomination for one (1) year after their award.

A few simple rules:

By ballot, the group will vote, a simple majority wins. Even if you don’t care for the choice, you must still donate. All checks go to one charity

At this time, all nominated charities must be a 501c3 organization

No national charities will be considered, however, local branches of national charities are eligible for consideration if 100% of the money donated will be spent in the Mat-Su community.

Please, no individual houses of worship or political nominations

Only three charities will be presented at each meeting

The selected organization must agree NOT to use member names for future solicitations, nor will they give, or sell the member’s contact information to another organization or to the public

Charities who receive a contribution from 100 Plus Women Who Care Mat-Su Chapter are not eligible for re-nomination for one year after their award